Chen Daoming


Chen Daoming is a Chinese actor who has starred in various genres of film and television series.

Career

Chen graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. His first notable role was "Puyi" in the 1984 television series The Last Dynasty.
In 1990, he starred in CCTV's Fortress Besieged, a series that garnered the attention of the whole country in 1990 and established his status as one of China's most popular stars. In 2000, he was awarded the Best Actor Huabiao Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards for his role in Huang Jianzhong's historical drama My 1919, which was about the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
Chen is best known internationally for playing the King of Qin in the 2002 film Hero, directed by Zhang Yimou; as well as the tough undercover police detective in Infernal Affairs III. In 2014, Chen starred in Zhang Yimou's film Coming Home alongside Gong Li.

Personal life

In 1982, Chen married Du Xian, a former news anchor from China Central Television who was forced to resign for expressing sympathy when she reported the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 on 4 June 1989. Their daughter was born in 1985.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Awards and nominations